(s) By order in writing signed by any Commissioner
authorize any other person to suspend any person as
provided in the last preceding paragraph, and to
exclude any person so suspended from any wharf
or wharves pending the decision of the Commission:

(t) By order in writing signed by any Commissioner
require any person to furnish from time to time
such returns, statements, statistics, or other information
relating to matters coming within the
jurisdiction of the Commission as it may deem
necessary; and require that any such information
be verified by statutory declaration; and examine
any records from which such information is
obtained and enter any premises for that purpose, or
by order in writing signed by any Commissioner
authorize any other person or persons so to do:

(u) Make any order in respect of any matter coming
within its jurisdiction.

13. Every Controller shall, subject to the control and
    direction of the Commission, have the same powers, authorities,
    and functions as the Commission, and every reference in these
    regulations to the Commission or to a Commissioner shall be
    read as including a reference to any Controller accordingly.

14. An Assistant Controller shall assist the Controller in
    carrying out the duties required of him under these regulations,
    and in the absence of the Controller shall have the same
    powers, authorities, and functions as the Controller.

15. (1) Any contract which if made between private
    persons must be by deed shall, if made by the Commission,
    be in writing under the seal of the Commission.

(2) Any contract which if made between private persons
must be in writing signed by the parties to be charged
therewith shall, if made by the Commission, be either under
the seal of the Commission or signed by a Commissioner on
behalf of and by the direction of the Commission.

(3) Any contract which if made between private persons
may be made orally may be similarly made by or on behalf
of the Commission by any Commissioner acting on behalf of
and by direction of the Commission, but no oral contract
shall be made involving the payment by the Commission of
a sum exceeding £50.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions
of this regulation, no contract made by or on behalf of
the Commission shall be invalid by reason only that it is not
made in the manner prescribed by this regulation if it is
made pursuant to a resolution of the Commission or to give
effect to a resolution of the Commission.

16. (1) For the purpose of carrying out its functions under
    these regulations, the Commission may establish a fund, to be
    called “the Waterfront Wages Fund,” which shall consist
    of—

(a) All moneys payable pursuant to paragraphs (k), (l),
and (m) of subclause (2) of regulation 12 hereof:

(b) All moneys received by the Commission from the sale
or other disposal of any property of the Commission:

(c) All accumulations of moneys belonging to the fund:

(d) All other moneys received by or becoming payable to
the Commission from any other source whatsoever,
or otherwise lawfully payable into the fund.

(2) All moneys belonging to the fund shall be paid into
an account at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, to be called
“the Waterfront Wages Fund Account.”

(3) The Waterfront Wages Fund Account shall be operated
on by cheque signed by any two of the Commissioners.

17. (1) The Minister may from time to time, by order in
    writing, suspend in whole or in part, or modify to such extent
    as he may consider necessary, all or any of the provisions of
    the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, or the
    Labour Disputes Investigation Act, 1913, or any awards or
    industrial agreements thereunder, in respect of their application
    to all or any of the ports in New Zealand in so far as
    any such Acts, awards, or agreements apply to workers